Energy & Environmental Analysis

Master of Arts in Energy & Environmental Analysis

The Center for Energy & Environmental Studies sponsors an MA degree in Energy & Environmental Analysis. Students and their advisors in the center work together in planning an individualized program of study. The program provides a professional training degree for the student with an undergraduate degree in the natural sciences, the social sciences, the humanities, or engineering. The degree requirements include a core curriculum, a sequence of concentration courses, and an interdisciplinary breadth requirement.

Course Requirements

At least 10 courses (40 degree credits) must be taken, including (1) at least four courses in core requirements; (2) two courses to fulfill the interdisciplinary breadth requirement; and (3) four elective courses in a concentration area.

Physical or Ecological Environmental Principles The required course is CAS GE 510. Students with extensive backgrounds in physical environmental principles may select a more specialized course in biology, engineering, geography, or geology.

Energy, Society, and the Environment The required course is CAS GE 519.

Interdisciplinary Breadth Requirement

The purpose of the breadth requirement is to expose students to the broad, interwoven nature of the environmental field. The breadth requirement consists of two courses, one from each of the following groups. Note: Any of these classes taken to fulfill a required core class cannot fulfill this breadth requirement.

Concentration Courses

A concentration area and four courses making up the concentration are chosen with the consent of an adviser. One of these courses can be an environmental internship in an appropriate public, private, or nonprofit organization. Students who choose the internship option are required to complete an oral or written summary of their work experience. The registration for the internship is GRS GE 902. Concentration topics and associated courses ordinarily are selected from the following list. This list is not meant to be an exhaustive list of the concentrations in energy and environmental studies available at Boston University, but is provided to assist in the planning of the student’s program. Course descriptions and prerequisites may be found under appropriate departmental listings.

Energy & Environmental Studies Electives

LAND RESOURCES

CAS BI 637 Plant Ecology

CAS ES 512 Surface Water Hydrogeology

CAS ES 541 Coastal Processes

CAS GE 510 Physical Principles of the Environment

CAS GE 525 Plant Physiological Ecology

MET UA 620 Urban and Regional Land Use and Planning

MET UA 629 Urbanization and the Environment

WATER RESOURCES

CAS ES 511 Groundwater Hydrogeology

CAS ES 512 Surface Water Hydrogeology

CAS GE 503 Applied Climatology

CAS GE 507 Dynamical Oceanography

GRS ES 640 Marine Geology

GRS ES 653 Microbial Geology

GRS ES 711 Fluvial Geomorphology

GRS ES 714 Advanced Groundwater Hydrogeology

GRS GE 517 Models for Hydrologic Analysis

AIR RESOURCES

CAS GE 503 Applied Climatology

CAS GE 566 Physical Climatology

GRS CH 893 Seminar: Photochemistry

GRS GE 921 Problems in Meteorology

URBAN ENVIRONMENTS

CAS ES 511 Surface Water Hydrogeology

CAS ES 512 Groundwater Hydrogeology

CAS GE 503 Applied Climatology

CAS PS 564 Environmental Psychology

CAS PS 565 Social and Environmental Psychology of Urban Life

MET UA 533 Health Care and the Environment

MET UA 620 Urban and Regional Land Use and Planning

MET UA 629 Urbanization and the Environment

ECOLOGY AND POPULATION

CAS BI 504 Evolution

CAS BI 524 Biology of Populations

GRS BI 615 Biology of Mammals

GRS BI 637 Plant Ecology

GRS BI 650 Biophysics

CAS BI 666 Biochemical Ecology

ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING

CAS GE 517 Models for Hydrologic Analysis

CAS GE 505 Geographic Information Systems

CAS GE 550 Modeling Environmental and Social Systems

CAS MA 565 Mathematical Modeling of Ecological Systems

CAS MA 569 Optimization Methods of Operations Research

CAS MA 570 Stochastic Methods of Operations Research

ENG MN 521 Dynamic Programming

ENG MN 724 Optimization Theory

ENG SC 505 Stochastic Processes

GRS GE 712 Regional Energy Modeling

ENERGY FACILITY PLANNING

CAS MA 569 Optimization Methods of Operations Research

CAS MA 570 Stochastic Methods of Operations Research

ENG MN 521 Dynamic Programming

ENG MN 724 Optimization Theory

MET UA 535 Energy and Conservation

SMG MG 871 Environmental and Energy Entrepreneurial Opportunities

SYSTEMS ENGINEERING

CAS GE 550 Modeling Environmental and Social Systems

CAS MA 569 Optimization Methods of Operations Research

CAS MA 570 Stochastic Methods of Operations Research

ENG MN 535 Green Manufacturing

ENG SC 506 Stochastic Models and Forecasting

PROJECT PLANNING AND EVALUATION

CAS GE 520 Energy Issues and Policy

CAS MA 569 Optimization Methods of Operations Research

CAS MA 570 Stochastic Methods of Operations Research

GRS GE 660 Resource Economics and Policy

GRS GE 712 Regional Energy Modeling

GRS GE 794 Current Issues in Environmental Affairs

GSM FE 727 Managerial Economics

GSM GE 796 Current Issues in Environmental Affairs

GSM ME 729 Economic Decision Analysis

GSM MG 844 Management of the Environment

GSM MG 871 Environmental and Energy Entrepreneurial Opportunities

MET UA 521 Environmental Law

QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS FOR POLICY ANALYSIS

MET UA 632 Policy Analysis and Evaluation

MET UA 729 Environmental and Resource Policy Formulation

Comparative Systems Analysis

CAS EC 582 Regional Policy in the United States

CAS GE 511 Ecological Economics

CAS GE 520 Energy Issues and Policy

GRS GE 712 Regional Energy Modeling

Resources, Environment, and Economic Development

CAS GE 504 International Resources and Environmental Issues and Management